Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary ...

Viewers in New York will get a chance to see Vesta close to opposition after the sun goes down on May 2. The asteroid will ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, ...

Vesta’s classification has vexed astronomers for decades, but a recent study is forcing planetary scientists to reevaluate ...

The main-belt asteroid 3 Juno reached opposition yesterday afternoon, meaning it now lies directly opposite the Sun in our ...

Even as his style has become even more ornate, the subjects he’s been tackling feel increasingly political. See: his latest, The Phoenician Scheme.

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...

During these periods of alignment, the asteroid or celestial body in question is particularly bright, which often makes for ideal astronomical observing conditions. However, given its magnitude of ...

For decades, scientists thought that Vesta was a protoplanet rather than an asteroid. NASA's Dawn mission seemed to ... New research based on data from NASA's Dawn mission suggests that the body is ...

The work that we’re doing is really important because warning time is everything,” says Danica Remy of the B612 Foundation in ...